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Protection from Violence
- English
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Forced labour is prohibited, … (Art. 41) - Belarusian
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Прымусовая праца забараняецца, … (Артыкул 41) - Russian
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Принудительный труд запрещается, … (Статья 41)
Protection from Violence
- English
The Burkinabe people proscribe any idea of personal power.
They proscribe equally all oppression of a part of the people by another. (Art. 168) - French
Le peuple burkinabè proscrit toute idée de pouvoir personnel.
Il proscrit également toute oppression d’une fraction du peuple par une autre. (Art. 168)
Protection from Violence
- English
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person (in the course of that person’s involvement in any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3)) to make a request of any other person for sexual intercourse, sexual contact, or other form of sexual activity which contains an implied or overt promise of preferential treatment or an implied or overt threat of detrimental treatment.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person (in the course of that person’s involvement in any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3)) by the use of language (whether written or spoken) of a sexual nature, or of visual material of a sexual nature, or by physical behaviour of a sexual nature, to subject any other person to behaviour that—
(a) is unwelcome or offensive to that person (whether or not that is conveyed to the first-mentioned person); and
(b) is either repeated, or of such a significant nature, that it has a detrimental effect on that person in respect of any of the areas to which this subsection is applied by subsection (3).
(3) The areas to which subsections (1) and (2) apply are—
(a) the making of an application for employment:
(b) employment, which term includes unpaid work:
(c) participation in, or the making of an application for participation in a partnership:
(d) membership, or the making of an application for membership, of an industrial union or professional or trade association:
(e) access to any approval, authorisation, or qualification:
(f) vocational training, or the making of an application for vocational training:
(g) access to places, vehicles, and facilities:
(h) access to goods and services:
(i) access to land, housing, or other accommodation:
(j) education:
(k) participation in fora for the exchange of ideas and information.
(4) Where a person complains of sexual harassment, no account shall be taken of any evidence of the person’s sexual experience or reputation. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 62)
Protection from Violence
- English
(1) Everyone has the right to physical and mental integrity.
(2) No person shall be subjected to torture or to abuse or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
(3) No one shall be subjected to experimentation without his or her informed consent.
… (Art. 14) - Kinyarwanda
(1) Umuntu wese afite uburenganzira bwo kudahungabanywa ku mubiri no mu mutwe.
(2) Ntawe ushobora gukorerwa iyicarubozo, gukorerwa ibibabaza umubiri cyangwa ngo akorerwe ibikorwa by’ubugome, ibikorwa bidakwiye umuntu cyangwa bimutesha agaciro.
(3) Ntawe ushobora gukorerwaho igerageza atabyiyemereye.
… (Ingingo ya 14) - French
(1) Toute personne a droit à son intégrité physique et mentale.
(2) Nul ne peut être soumis à la torture ni à des sévices ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants.
(3) Nul ne peut être soumis à une expérimentation sans son consentement éclairé.
… (Art. 14)
Protection from Violence
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Imprisonment for debts, life sentences [penas perpetuas], slanderous [punishments] [las infamantes], proscriptive [punishments] [las proscriptivas] and all forms of torture [tormento][,] are prohibited.
… (Art. 27) - Spanish…
Se prohíbe la prisión por deudas, las penas perpetuas, las infamantes, las proscriptivas y toda especie de tormento.
… (Art. 27)